tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post3481521832711928977..comments2015-08-02T13:29:06.837-07:00Comments on TOM CLARK: The ShiningZephirinenoreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-2842222910039545672013-01-30T09:59:33.346-08:002013-01-30T09:59:33.346-08:00Our friend the poet Fred Smith provides this reali...Our friend the poet Fred Smith provides this reality check:<br /><br />&quot;As for Japan’s snow monkeys, they’re an endangered species, too close to highways, hit by cars and trucks. As well as &#39;loved&#39; too much by people. When all they want is to be left alone to soak in their pools of hot water. Have read they’re a cantankerous lot and not loveable at all.&quot;TChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05915822857461178942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-83038418196058158792013-01-30T09:43:52.948-08:002013-01-30T09:43:52.948-08:00Ours too. Both sides, in fact.Ours too. Both sides, in fact.TChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05915822857461178942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-87568031636606204052013-01-30T08:58:11.023-08:002013-01-30T08:58:11.023-08:00Oh, man, such amazing photos. I don&#39;t want to ...Oh, man, such amazing photos. I don&#39;t want to get all anthropomorphic, but these guys seem a lot more intelligent than my next door neighbor.tpwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05909239000589253931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-26671456512023905612013-01-29T06:01:02.885-08:002013-01-29T06:01:02.885-08:00Paradoxes seem all too easily taken for granted th...Paradoxes seem all too easily taken for granted these days.<br /><br />That brassneck quality of the pre Socratic was surely intellectual nutriment for poets once, e.g. the young rebellious ex Catholic Donne -- ressentiment du paradoxe. <br /><br />Internal spiritual torsions strung upon high tension lines charged with scholastic riddling and fiddling.<br /><br />These hot tub monkeys look far too intelligent for that sort of foolery and bother, however.TChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05915822857461178942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-90320400826826627232013-01-29T03:59:27.940-08:002013-01-29T03:59:27.940-08:00interesting...amazing photographs!interesting...amazing photographs!Sandrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17670821270960081899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-25404946561853967942013-01-28T15:00:22.342-08:002013-01-28T15:00:22.342-08:00The writing plays up the time we work with. We nee...The writing plays up the time we work with. We need a bit of Zeno&#39;s brassneck now.<br /><br />The stage direction in the third paragraph throws us out of duration up to the heart of that beautiful, warm-blooded light. Wooden Boyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01100756913131511440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-8603455531035300402013-01-28T12:54:30.420-08:002013-01-28T12:54:30.420-08:00I can&#39;t stop coming back to this today (it&#39...I can&#39;t stop coming back to this today (it&#39;s like my little arrow is a compass needle that tugs back no matter where I turn). Thanks, Tom.Norahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14439557611640319928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-2333812501585125842013-01-28T09:45:57.519-08:002013-01-28T09:45:57.519-08:00However we may choose to read the expressions -- ...However we may choose to read the expressions -- impassive, contemplative, anciently wise... or possibly just the slightest bit bored? -- it&#39;s hard to deny that does look a very creaturely way to get through the winter.TChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05915822857461178942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-27303529539004340292013-01-28T09:03:46.338-08:002013-01-28T09:03:46.338-08:00What remarkable photographs.What remarkable photographs.Maureenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13290283101378474845noreply@blogger.com